The end is nigh! The end of 2006, that is. Time for gurus from Wall Street to Mumbai to pick their 10 best stocks for 2007. Now it’s time for my anti-end-of-the-year piece. Call it “10 stock picks for investors who don’t care about the calendar.” The year-end stock-pick piece is a time-honored way to…

Every now and then my columns are rewarded with feedback so virulent I’m compelled to share some of the more colorful comments. My recent column on Tejon Ranch Co.’s right to develop its land in any environmentally sound way it sees fit resulted in a number of such responses. A favorite came from a San…

It’s the gift that keeps on giving — hopefully. Bakersfield Memorial Hospital announced Monday that it has received one of its first large gifts in its capital campaign to help build the hospital’s new tower. Tejon Ranch Co., the large working ranch on Interstate 5, donated $100,000 in company stock. With the market the way…

A coalition of California’s leading environmentalists has come up with an ambitious plan to turn sprawling Tejon Ranch into a vast natural preserve and is ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. This is merely a minor detail to the environmentalists, who say Tejon Ranch Co. must develop, or not develop, the…

Tuesday, November 07, 2006 KEY EXECUTIVE JOINS TEJON MOUNTAIN VILLAGE New VP & General Manager to lead development of Tejon Mountain Village, a joint venture of Tejon Ranch Company and DMB Associates, Inc. TEJON RANCH, Calif. (October 16, 2006) — Roberta Marshall, a senior real estate development executive with more than 21 years experience with…

Award winning producer/host Huell Howser takes a tour of beautiful Tejon Ranch in a special hour-long edition of his television series California’s Gold. The program focuses on the rich history of Tejon Ranch, its natural beauty and legacy of good stewardship. California’s Gold: Tejon Ranch can be seen on Public Broadcasting Stations throughout California. Check…

I recently had the privilege of attending the U.S. Department of Defense’s annual Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. This conference has run continuously at least once and sometimes twice a year since 1948. The purpose of the conference is for interested civilians to gain a greater understanding of the mission of our military and our national…

Retailers with distribution needs that encompass the vast California market have traditionally had to choose whether to locate their import facilities near the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex to serve Southern California or closer to Oakland to serve the San Francisco Bay Area. Industrial real estate developers in California’s Central Valley are pitching their region…

Dropping north from Liebra Mountain in Southern California, the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) strikes north across the heart of the Antelope Valley, the western arm of the infamous Mojave Desert. Download PDF

TEJON RANCH Tejon Ranch has ever been a point of convergence, a place where the desert climes of the Mojave bumpr up against the rolling fertility of the Sierras and the humid coast. Somehow the three achieve balance. With the creation of the 100,000-acre Tejon Ranch Preserve, the human interests in the area hope to…

A proposal to create a 100,000-acre nature preserve on the sprawling Tejon Ranch holds great promise for ranch owners and allCalifornians. The 270,000-acre ranch is considered a “national treasure” by those of us who live in its shadows and drive over its ridges as we climb the Grapevine and drop into Southern California. Download PDF

The new town of Centennial is still just an idea on an open landscape of barren hills and fields stripped of vegetation by 100 years of cattle grazing. Located a few mile away from traffic on Interstate 5 at the edge of Los Angeles county and 60 miles north of the city. Download PDF

The company that developed New York’s famed Rockefeller Center is teaming with Tejon Ranch Co. to build a warehouse and distribution center on 500 acres just north of the Grapevine, a site the partners intend to designate a Foreign Trade Zone, officials said Wednesday. Download PDF

After a year of study, a top Defense Department official has concluded that development of three large projects on Tejon Ranch would not interfere with training flights over the Tehachapi Mountains or diminish the nation’s military readiness. Download PDF

The Kern County Fire Department’s fire fighting fleet got a big boost yesterday with the unveiling of it newest weapon — a state of the art ladder truck with a boom that can reach 100 feet. Download PDF